Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-02-06
ANTI-COLD WATER
THE VOTE AGAINST INCREASES ONE.
The Announcement Again Postponed by the
Majority.
SENATORIAL DEADLOCK STILL ON.
No Important Change in the Vote or the
Situation.
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was announced this morning and resulted
as stated in my report of yesterday: for,
II; against, Z; Scott absent and Mccall
lister not voting. Morris changed his vote
in order to move to reconsider, and imme-
diately made that motion.
Senator Snyder, of Monongalia county,
took the floor in opposition to the motion.
He said that while he was in favor of the
amendment, he thought enough time had
been spent in its consideration. He said
he wanted the responsibility of its defeat
to rest on the shoulders Of those who had
defeated it; that morally and religiously
he was in favor of the proposition, but
politically he was in favor of its defeat by
the parties who had voted against it
Mr.. Gettinger spoke against the reco n
sideration. He said his constituents were
not in favor of it, and he was representing
his people.
Mr. Dawson said that all kinds of tricks
had been resorted to by the opponents of
this proposition to throttle the wishes of
the people of this State; that if the men,
bers of the Legislature would vote rs they
promised their constituents before, they
could not have been elected. This amend
ment would be submitted to the people.
Mr.. Gettinger said that neither tricks
nor influence had been brought to bear to
induce him to vote as he had, and that he
had never been asked to pledge himself on
the subject.
Mr.. Dawson said he did not impute any
thing of the kind to Mr.. Gettinger, but to
the Ouside lobby.
NORRIS, THE FUNNY MAN.
Mr.. Morris said that throughout the
whole discussion he had retrained from
jumping on the speech of the Senator from
Berkeley and maShing the life out of it.
Mr.. Morris called attention to the fact that
of the four daily papers Of the State, the
Wheeling REGISTER was the only one OPP
posed to the usbmiSSion OF this question
and that while the MteHgencer was opposed
to the adoption OF the amendment, never
theless, it advocated the submission Of it.
Continuing, he said that OF all the weekly
papers in the State he could not recall one
that has not been asking for years that the
people might he allowed to vote on this
question. The Republican platform of the
last Republican convention, he said, did
not represent the wishes OF the
people aud he said he was sorry
that the convention had so acted Mr.. Nor
ris said he understood the Senator from
Berkeley came here pledged TO vote against
the resolution.
This brought Mr.. Gettingcr TO his feet.
| He said he had come here without having
determined what course he would pursue,
and would allow no such reflection ~ that
cast upon him.
MR.. FLOURNOY
said he was not surprised at the statement
| of Mr.. Snyder. He knew if the truth es-
capped from that side OF the chamber it was
more likely to come from the honest repre-
sentative of MOnongalia than from some of
the other gentlemen who were making so
much noise on this subject and saying SO
little. Mr. Snyder, he said, let out what
he (Floumoy) supposed all along was the
object of the other side on this
question, that it was to draw political
| line on which they could claim the benefit
where it was to their interest to claim it
and where it was not to their interest to
claim it then to stand on the Republican
convention platform.
M'CALLISTER'S VOTE.
When the name of the Senator from
Cabel (McCallister) was called, he arose
in his seat and said: "Mr. President, in
connection with my vote, desire to make
an explanation in order that my position
| in this matter may he fairly understood.
When my name was called on yesterday
was absent on account of sickness and
did not expect vote to be reached
at so early an hour. In
! this matter / am governed
by my conscientious convictions of right
and wrong in the premises, and had this
resolution been submitted to the Senate in
the spirit | conceive to be right, rs il
should have been, and not forced upon it
| in this cut and dried shape | would have
voted for it. came here under no pledges
whatever in regard to this question. Ger
tain papers have published the statement
that was committed to vote for it. That
is not so. What did say was that | be-
! lieved it would be the best thing for the
interest of the two great parties of this
State to have it submitted to the people,
and thus get it out of politics. But always
added the proviso that whenever it was sub
lnitted it should be in the proper way
and shape. was nominated and elected
WITHOUT ANY PLEDGES
from them upon this question, and came
TO this Senate with no arbiter higher than
nv own convictions of right and wrong,
but willing and anxious to hear all sides
that my own ideas might be polished at
least by the combined wisdom Of the Sen
ate. |, therefore, had hoped that the
amendment, providing for the payment by
the State for property rendered worthless,
should the proposition be adopted, would
carry, but the friends of the measure de-
feated this amendment. Again, | had
hoped that the propositions of Senator
Price, of Mineral, and FlournOy,
fixing 1890 as the time for the
amendment to take effect would
prevail. This would have given some op-
portunity to those who have money in
vested in the whisky business under the
license of the State and Nation to save
themselves, anyhow, in part This like
wise tailed TO meet the approval of the
friends Ofthe measure. / am, therefore,
confronted with this alternative: Shall
vote to submit this arbitrary measure to
the people, and thereby give it my sane
tion, or shall show TO the word that
recognize in it neither true friendship to
the prohibition cause, nor fairness to the
rights of my fellow countrymen?
therefore, without fear or favor, and with
ont any outside influence, and totally care
less Of the criticisms l may provoke, vote
no."
Senator McCallIster's vote was the de-
Gliding vote, and being cast against the
amendment the proposition was lost The
vote stood. ayes, sixteen; noes, eight.
Messrs. McCreery and Scott were absent.
On motion of Mr.. Switzer the announce
ment of the vote was postpOned until